News INCTR 6th Annual Meeting, will include its standard components (keynote lectures, reports from INCTR Programs, educational/scientific sessions, workshops and role of technology) and will have a particular focus, this year, on important cancers in Asia. Deadline for Abstracts is August 1st, 2005. More information is available at www.inctr.org Training of Oncologists from Kabul A discussion was held with members of the Office of International Affairs, NCI, Bethesda, INCTR staff, and Drs. Kamal and Malik from Afghanistan (Kabul) to discuss progress and future goals for training selected persons from Kabul in regional cancer centers in order improve cancer services (presently essentially non-existent) in Kabul. A plan was made to train a medical doctor in General Oncology at the Tata Memorial Hospital. This one year training has already commenced. In addition, a laboratory technician from Kabul has already received 3-months training at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital at the beginning of 2005. ESMO Session on Strategies for Controlling Cancer in Developing Countries On November 2nd, the European Society for Medical Oncology included a session on cancer control in developing countries, in which INCTR was invited to participate. There were a number of good presentations and a discussion session, but perhaps the most important aspect of this meeting was the fact that major professional societies are becoming interested in the plight of cancer patients in developing countries. This augers well for future collaborations. Oncology Nurse Training Course in Burkina Faso Sabine Perrier-Bonnet held a further training course for oncology nurses between 6th November and 14th November. The course was taken by 55 doctors and nurses and included didactic training, practical demonstrations (prescription of chemotherapy and side effects, psychological support and pain control related to palliative care), and many other discussions. Further courses of this kind are planned to take place in the course of the next year. Data Management Course Relating to INCTR’s ALL Protocol in India A training course was held between 11th and 20th November for 5 data managers, one each from the centers participating in INCTR’s new treatment protocol for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which has recently been initiated. The course covered both basic aspects of Good Clinical Practice, as well as specific issues pertaining to the data management and quality assurance of the INCTR study. The course was well received, and similar courses will be held for data managers from new participating centers, whilst videoconferencing will be added in the course of the next year to data monitoring visits already underway. Planning Initiated for a Training Course in PCR Techniques A small group met on 25th and 26th November to have preliminary discussions on holding a training course in polymerase chain techniques (PCR), including realtime PCR. The purpose of this would be to demonstrate and standardize PCR techniques presently being used in INCTR collaborating units, as well as to provide theoretical information and practical experience regarding the use of such techniques. This course will probably take place in cooperation with the Insitut Pasteur, Brussels, and Imperial College, London, as well as with members of INCTR’s translational research program. Please contact INCTR for more information, or to express an interest in this course.  NETWORK Home   The President's Message   Pathways to Cancer   Annual Meeting   INCTR'S Annual Meeting Awards Information   Abstracts   Health Promotion: A Human Responsibility Cancer in the developing world: can the disaster be avoided ?   Report   High-Dose Treatment and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Developing Countries   Forum   Eduardo Cazap Espouses Global View of Cancer   News   News Items   Partner Profile   Cancer In India   Profiles in Cancer Medicine   Physician Profile: Major Advances in the Treatment of Hematologic Neoplasms Copyright © 2008 The International Network For Cancer Treatment and Research